As of November 2022, these operators work in LinkedIn Recruiter and Lite if you use them in the Job Title or Company fields. However, firstname:, lastname:, school:, company: and title: currently do not work. The operators have stopped working on LinkedIn.com.
Related Training:
- LinkedIn 2024 Solved has a full guide to LinkedIn sourcing, including powerful hacks (beyond the operators)
- LinkedIn Recruiter Mastery – I recommend taking it if you use Recruiter or Lite because then, you can take advantage of the operators!
| Operator | Search for | Values | Calculated by LinkedIn |
| headline: | keywords in headline | text string | no |
| summary: | keywords in summary | text string | no |
| skills: | keywords in skills | text string | no |
| spokenlanguage: | language proficiency | text string | no |
| startyear: | start year in college | year | no |
| endyear: | end year in college | year | no |
| title: | current job title | text string | no |
| company: | current company name | text string | no |
| school: | school name | text string | no |
| firstname: | first name | text string | no |
| lastname: | last name | text string | no |
| industry: | industry | Industry Codes | no |
| companytype: | company type | Company Type Codes | no |
| companysize: | company size | Company Size Codes | yes |
| seniority: | seniority | Seniority Codes | yes |
| degree: | degree | Degree Codes | yes |
| profilelanguage: | profiles in other languages by a two-letter language abbreviation | Language Codes | no |
| functions: | functions | Job Functions | yes |
| yoe: | years of experience | number between 0 and 100 | yes |
| yoecc: | years at current company | number between 0 and 100 | yes |
| yoepos: | years in position | number between 0 and 100 | yes |
| fieldsofstudy: | fields of study | FoS Codes | no |
| schoolid: | school id | School Codes | no |
For phrases, use quotation marks “”.